Newcastle West's Scoil Mhuire agus Ide target All-Ireland senior hurling final place

The Scoil Mhuire agus Ide senior hurling team are aiming to reach this year's All-Ireland Senior ‘C’ hurling final. The Newcastle West school take on St Patrick's High School Keady, Co Armagh in the All-Ireland Senior ‘C’ Hurling Championship semi-final on Saturday afternoon at 2:30pm in the Heywood Community school in County Laois. 

Diarmuid Lyons, who was part of the Newcastle West premier intermediate winning team, is captain of the Scoil Mhuire & Ide senior hurling squad. Lyons is also part of the Limerick U20 team.

Patrick Cagney, who is also part of the Limerick U20 hurling panel, is a member of the Scoil Mhuire agus Ide squad.

Limerick U19's Fionn Meehan, Diarmuid Mullaney and Gavin Dorgan are also key members of the West Limerick side's panel.

The team are managed by Jeremiah Moroney, of Tournafulla, and Kevin O'Brien, of Patrickswell.

Mongea's Cathal Kiely and Conor Hough, along with Gavin Thompson, of St Kieran's, have all been called into Donal O'Grady's Limerick minor hurling panel. All three players have featured for the Limerick school.

Scoil Mhuire agus Ide narrowly defeated St Mary's Newport 1-5 to 0-10 in the Munster final. 

Meanwhile, Coláiste Éinde face Boyne Community School Trim in the other All-Ireland Senior 'C' Hurling Championship semi-final on Saturday afternoon.

Scoil Mhuire agus Ide squad: Darragh Teirney (Newcastle West), Diarmuid Lyons (Newcastle West), Andrew Lyons (Newcastle West) Sean Lyons (Newcastle West), Tiernan Horgan (Newcastle West), Leon O'Flynn (Newcastle West), Paul Louge (Newcastle West), Rory Vaughan (Newcastle West), Darragh O'Grady (Newcastle West), Jack Gallagher (Newcastle West), Jack Horgan (Newcastle West), Liam O'Connor (Monagea), Conor Hough (Monagea), Gavin Dorgan (Monagea), Cathal Kiely (Monagea), Cormac Kelly (Monagea), Sean Lee (Monagea), Jack Collins (Monagea), Dylan Browne (Monagea), Fionn Meehan (Feohanagh Castlemahon), Patrick Cagney (Feohanagh Castlemahon), Eoin Roche (Feohanagh Castlemahon), Christian Murrihy (Feohanagh Castlemahon), Gavin Fitzgibbon (Feohanagh Castlemahon), Zach Field (Feohanagh Castlemahon), Evan Lynch (Feohanagh Castlemahon), Shane O Mahoney (St Kieran's), Sean Long (St Kieran's), Gavin Thompson (St Kieran's), Eoghan Sheehan (St Kieran's), Conor McMahon (St Kieran's), Jack O Sullivan (St Kieran's), David O Connell (St Kieran's), Derry o Connor (St Kieran's), Dylan Kennedy (Tournafulla), Jack Sheahan (Tournafulla), Darragh O'Callaghan (Tournafulla), Odhran Kelleher (Killeedy), Diarmuid Mullaney (Killeedy), Darragh Lynch (Killeedy), David Moloney (Knockaderry) and Cillian Moloney (Knockaderry).